New MexicoState outside hitter Lindsay
Yon has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the
Week for Oct. 13-19. This is the second WAC Player of the Week honor of the
season for Yon and the third of her career.

Yon led the Aggies to
two consecutive home victories, averaging 4.64 points, 3.86 kills, 2.71 digs
and 0.57 service aces per set. In a 3-1 win over BoiseState,
she posted her seventh double-double of the year with 15 kills and 15 digs. In
a dominating sweep over then third-place Idaho,
she tallied 12 kills, four digs and two service aces.

Other nominees included:
Sadie Maughan of BoiseState averaged 2.25 kills and 1.00 blocks per set ...
FresnoState’s
Brianna Clarke tied her career-high with 22 kills vs. UtahState...
Aneli Cubi-Otineru of Hawai‘i averaged 3.00 kills on .378 hitting and 2.33
digs in two wins ... Nevada’s Lindsay Baldwin averaged 3.57 kills and
1.29 blocks per set ... Melissa Osterloh of Utah State led the Aggies to a
1-1 record after averaging 3.75 kills and 2.00 digs per set.

BoiseState Broncos (5-12, 2-5 WAC)

Boise State went 1-1 last week,
defeating Louisiana Tech in four sets (25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 25-17) before
falling to New Mexico State 1-3 (25-13, 16-25, 14-25, 17-25) ... Sadie Maughan
led the team with nine kills against NMSU ... Alisha King and Jeanette Jenkins
had 14 and 13 kills, respectively, against Louisiana Tech ... Boise State has a
3-4 record on the road heading in to their final road matches of the regular
season ... The Broncos are hitting .151 as a team this season, compared to the
.199 of their opponents.

FresnoState Bulldogs (5-11, 2-5 WAC)

Fresno State went 0-2 last week, falling at Nevada in four
sets (25-23, 21-25, 25-27, 11-25) and to Utah State in five sets (14-25, 25-18,
21-25, 25-22, 13-15) ... Brianna Clarke tied her career high with 22 kills vs.
Utah State ... Allanah Munson posted a pair of double-doubles last week – 34
assists and 10 digs vs. Nevada, 48 assists and 10 digs vs. Utah State) ...
Clarke now has 207 kills on the year (101 in WAC play alone) to lead the team
... Munson is tied for the league-lead in double-doubles this season with nine
... The Bulldogs are hitting .150 as a team this season, compared to the .204
of their opponents.

Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine (13-3, 6-1 WAC)

UH rebounded from just its fourth
loss in WAC play in 13 years in the conference with sweeps of Utah State
(25-18, 25-18, 25-18) and Nevada (25-19, 25-20, 25-17) last week ... Aneli
Cubi-Otineru hit .378 on the week, including a .385 clip with 13 kills at
Nevada ... Jamie Houston and Kanani Herring both tallied 12 kills on .391
hitting at Utah State ... UH has clinched its 35th straight winning season (all
35 in collegiate play) by picking up win No. 15 at Nevada ... The Rainbow
Wahine are out-hitting opponents .282 to .182 on the season and .275 to .148 in
WAC play.

Idaho Vandals (12-6, 5-2 WAC)

The Vandals went 1-1 last week,
falling at New Mexico State in three sets (17-25, 21-25, 12-25) before
defeating Louisiana Tech in four sets (25-20, 25-16, 19-25, 25-16) ... Idaho
has held opponents under a .100 hitting percentage six times this season,
including four times in the last seven matches ... The Vandals have been swept
only twice this season, each time by New Mexico State ... Haley Larsen has
reached double-figures for kills in 18 of 20 matches this season, falling under
10 in both matches vs. New Mexico State ... The Vandals have finished .500 or
better in conference play for the past five seasons ... This week marks the
only time during the 2008 season Idaho plays just one match.

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (2-12, 0-6 WAC)

The Techsters went 1-2 last week at home, defeating
Centenary (26-24, 25-14, 27-29, 25-20) in non-conference play before falling to
Boise State (22-25, 18-25, 25-20, 17-25) and Idaho (20-25, 16-25, 25-19, 16-25)
... The set victories last week were five of 15 on the season and two of just
five in WAC play for the Lady Techsters this season ... Louisiana Tech is
taking a break from WAC competition this week to take on instate rival McNeese
State.

Nevada Wolf Pack (8-9, 3-4 WAC)

The Pack went 1-1 last week, defeating Fresno State in four
sets (23-25, 25-21, 27-25, 25-11) before having its season-high four-match win
streak snapping by Hawai‘i (19-25, 20-25, 17-20) ... In the win over the
Bulldogs, Lindsay Baldwin posted match highs of 19 kills and seven blocks while
hitting .333 ... Her 25 points vs. Fresno State established a new career high
... Allison Hernandez needs 17 digs to become the eighth player in school
history to record 1,000 in a career. Her current 983 ranks eighth all-time at Nevada ... Head coach Devin Scruggs is just two wins away
from 200 for her career, all coming at Nevada.

New MexicoState Aggies (11-7, 6-1 WAC)

The Aggies went undefeated last
week, sweeping Idaho (25-17, 25-21, 25-12) and beating Boise State in four sets
(13-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-17) to move their win streak to five ... Lindsey Yon
averaged 3.86 kills and 2.71 digs per set, posting her seventh double-double of
the year with 15 kills and 15 digs vs. Boise State ... NMSU has won nine of its
last 10 matches ... NMSU is hitting .195 while holding their opponents to a
.142 hitting percentage.

San JoseState Spartans (8-11, 4-5 WAC)

The Spartans went 1-0 last week,
earning a non-conference win over Cal State Bakersfield in four sets (25-23,
24-26, 25-14, 25-22) in their only match of the week ... Brianna Amian recorded
her second double-double of the season with 14 kills and 10 digs. She added a
career-high six service aces, the highest number recorded in a match by a
Spartan player this season ... Emily Burke had her third double-double of the
year with 41 assists and 10 digs ... Kelly Crow added 13 kills and nine digs
... Colleen Burke is eighth all-time at San Jose State in block assists (259)
and ninth in total blocks (278).

UtahState Aggies (6-12, 4-3 WAC)

Utah State went 1-1 last week,
falling in three sets to Hawai‘i (18-25, 18-25, 18-25) before defeating Fresno
State in five sets (25-14, 18-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-13) ... Melissa Osterloh
recorded her third double-double of the season vs. the Bulldogs with 18 kills
and 13 digs, to go along with two service aces and four blocks ... Against the
Rainbow Wahine, Osterloh had a match-high 12 kills ... Kris Hymas posted a
double-double – 15 kills and 15 digs – vs. Fresno State ... As a team, Utah
State is hitting .168 on the season as compared to a .221 hitting percentage for
its opponents.

UNDEFEATED NO MORE

New Mexico State handed
Hawai‘i just its second WAC home defeat in the 12 years it has been in the
league in front of a crowd of 6,619 Oct. 12. Both teams are currently tied for
first place in the league standings with 8-1 WAC records. The Aggies held
Hawai’i, which came into the match ranked in the Top 10 nationally in hitting
percentage, to a .023 hitting percentage, its lowest for the program in the
rally-scoring era (since 2001).

HAWAI‘I RANKS FOURTH
NATIONALLY IN KILLS, ASSISTS

In the most recent NCAA
statistics (Oct. 21), the Rainbow Wahine rank fourth in the nation in kills and
assists per set, with averages of 14.75 and 13.75, respectively. Hawai‘i also
ranks 10th in hitting percentage (.282) and 20th in won-loss percentage (.833).

WAC PLAYERS IN BLOCKS,
KILLS TOP 50

Four WAC players are
currently ranked in the Top 50 nationally in blocks per set – Amber Simpson, New MexicoState, 11th (1.46), Anna McKinney, Idaho, 16th (1.37), Lydia Blaha, BoiseState,
39th (1.21) and Lindsay Baldwin, Nevada,
46th (1.19). In kills per set, three WAC players appear in the Top 50, led by Idaho’s Haley Larsen in
12th place with a 4.4 average. Jamie Houston of Hawai‘i ranks 28th
(4.04), while Lindsey Yon of New
MexicoState
is 33rd (3.94).

WAC STAT LEADERS

In overall team stats,
Hawai‘i leads the conference in hitting percentage (.282), assists (13.75),
kills (14.75) and service aces (1.45). Idaho is tops in blocks per set (2.82)
and digs per set (14.96), while New Mexico State boasts the lowest opponent
hitting percentage (.142).

In conference only
statistics, Hawai‘i currently leads the WAC in hitting percentage (.275),
assists (13.79) and kills (14.93). New MexicoState is tops in blocks (3.16),
opponent hitting percentage (.098) and digs (15.82), while San JoseState
leads the league in service aces (1.75).

Individually, Idaho’s Haley Larsen
leads the league in kills (4.40) and points (4.82) per set. Hawai‘i’s Nickie
Thomas leads the WAC in hitting percentage (.376), while teammates Dani
Mafua and Amber Kaufman are tops in assists (11.04) and service aces
(0.49), respectively. New MexicoState’s Amber Simpson
and Krystal Torres lead the league in blocks per set (1.46) and digs per
set (4.56), respectively.

In conference matches
only, Hawai‘i’s Kaufman, Mafua and Aneli Cubi-Otineru are tops in
hitting percentage (.368), assists (11.20) and service aces (0.48),
respectively. Larsen leads the league in kills (4.34), while Simpson is tops in
blocking (1.57) and Torres leads the league in digs (4.93). Meanwhile, Lindsey
Yon of New MexicoState leads the
conference in points (5.00).

2008 WAC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Nov. 20 (Quarterfinals)

Match 1 - No. 8
vs. No. 9, 9:30 a.m.

Match 2 - No. 4
vs. No. 5, noon

Match 3 - No. 3
vs. No. 6, 2:30 p.m.

Match 4 - No. 2
vs. No. 7, 5 p.m.

Match 5 - Winner Match 1 vs. No. 1, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 21 (Semifinals)

Match 6 - Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 5 p.m.

Match 7 - Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 5, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 23 (Championship)

Match 8 - Winner Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7, 3 p.m.

NCAA REGIONAL SITES SELECTED

The following are the sites for regional competition of the 2008
NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championships.